The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-10-16
OCTOBER MAGAZINES.

The Criterion is magazine Of handsome
| typographical finish and with cover of "artis-
tic" brown paper bearing it somewhat pecu-
| liar but doubtless equally artistic design. The
purpose of this publication is not made quite
clear, since it contains variety of light litera-
| ture including fashion articles for both men and
women, but as considerable prominence is given
| to paper entitled Cincinnati as an Art Center"
| and to personal gossip concerning Cincinnati
artists, 1t may be assumed that it issntended as
vehicle for advancing the art in terests OF the
| city. The Venus of Milo The Medicean Venus
| and Mercury are the subjects of the illustra-
| TONS
Very good advice as well as useful informa-
| ton is contained in a contribution to Home
| knowledge, by John E. Hurlbut, NJ. D., entitled
| Some Facts and Fallaces About Spectacles. /"
'.Adulterations in Food, ""Physical Culture in the
| Home" and Hints for Cooking Mutton" the
| topics practically treated
| The many young newspaper writer's who
| cherish the ambition to become dramatic critics
will find it to their advantage to study the views
| of the theater managers and experienced critics
| on Ideal Dramatic Criticism" as given in the
| Writer for October. Reporters, Traditional
| Actual, Ideal" "Fine Points in Punctuation"
"A Country Editors Trials" and How to Make
Writing Pay" some Of the other topics dis
cussed in this issue.
Buyer becomes especially attractive owing to
the number of specimen illustrations from new
books which it contains. portrait and bio
graphical sketch of Thos. N. Page, of the
new Southern dialect writers, appear the o.
tober number.
Brentano's Book Chat is neat little monthly
publication, which gives in concise and compre-
hensve form .he latest news about literature in
all its departments. It also contains considera-
biz original literary matter of high quality.
No. Union square. New York
MOLLY Bishop" whose experience in ''Ten
Dollars Enough" interested readers of Good
Housekeeping last year is brought, in the latest
issue of that periodical, to the close of fifteen
years experience as clearinghouse keeper. 1t
is needless to say that her success in this line
was of the same edfying sor: that followed her
early efforts at housekeeping, This magazine
is pronounced by those who have experimental
as of the few whose receipts for cookery are
Ito be depended On" $50 Broadway, New
York
Vick's Monthly for October contains a sharp
criticism of the ill-informed writers who mis-
lead women Of small means by advising them
that they can go into flower raising on little or
no capital and speedily make it a profitable
business. Some seasonable information in re-
gard to bulbs is also contained in this number,
together with hints innumerable to the gardener
and florist
Richard A. Proctor. in IA Remedy for
Poverty" reaches the conclusion that not only
long life but prosperity may be reached by
abstemiousness in the use of food
ITO most men," he says 1.-The mere drnnution
of expense resulting from the dismissal of ten or
twelve heavily laden wagon-loads of food for
lifes supply must be worth considering. But
unfortunately large number of people this
aforementioned gain would be matter of I'M
portance. At all times, the struggle for life
xptth 1ap As0V, ~ = ,1cks4
be close. The very fact that it is So that wages
earned will barely suffice to maintain the work
ers and those dependent upon them, causes the
wage-rate to run lower yet, by rendering the
competition for work keener. Men lose their
independence and compelled to accept lower
wages than are just, because even just wages
with many the barest main ten ance in
the manner in which the working population
mostly live"
The Japanese craze" has affected literature
until tine sketch romance concerning Japan
and it's people is inevitable feature of the
magazines the decorative fan in the parlors
of Its readers. In the Overland Monthly for
October. FL. H. Berger talks of Japanese
Homes and Temples" and f. w. Eastlake re-
lates some Japanese ghost myths
The other contents have the true west-coast
flavor, as the titles indicate. Among the contri-
buttons are Indian War Papers" THE Acequia
Madre of Santiago" CHRONICLES of Camp
Wright" IAN Old Calfornian's Pioneer Story"
and THE Demon of the Pine Hills"
The Cosmopolitan opens with a paper entitled
the passing of the buffalo and is prefaced with
full page and rather startling sportrait" of
buffalo bull. IA Lear of New England" by
James T. Mckay, is unusually strong and
impressive story. F. T. Barnum relates some
interesting "reminiscences of the sale of tickets
for the Jenny Lind concerts j. Henry Hager
contributes an interesting study of the Second
Wife of Napoleon l." his conclusions being
drawn from the volume of her private CORE
spondence lately published for the first time
The illustrated paper entitled The Pigmy
Kindom of Debauchee" relates to the Hawaiian
Islands and King Kalakaua. Arnold Burgess
Johnson furnishes his .Recollections of Charles
Sumner" in this number. These papers while
developing nothing new concerning Sumner, are
interesting account of the intimate relations
sustained toward him by the writer Several
sketches aud poems complete an excellent num-
Der OF the magazine.
The ParIor FIobr Is More ssSyen."
Bob Burdette
There is plenty of room at the .op. is there,
my boy2 Oh, no; that's only some more of the
wise mans encouraging nonsense There's less
room at the top than anywhere else in the